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It Takes a Village

It Takes a Village is a reminder of Democratic Party values – especially the values of long time Democrats whose lives have been dedicated to helping people.

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Tuesday in Mooseville – Voting Rights Potpourri 10/30/18

October 30, 2018 DoReMI 5

I was going to do this post next week, but since so many people have already voted, I decided not to wait. Consider this your motivation for the day, with a few persuasion points, as […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – A Year at a Glance: 1908, Sears Version 10/23/18

October 23, 2018 DoReMI 8

I am a firm believer that too many history textbooks focus on dates and Big Events like wars, while giving scant coverage to the daily lives of the people who are living in and through […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – Primary Sources: TR, Race Suicide, and Blaming Women 10/16/18

October 16, 2018 DoReMI 3

In 1905, Theodore Roosevelt was in the second year of his first elected term as president (he assumed the presidency in 1901 after the assassination of President McKinley); it is seven years after the Battle […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – Primary Sources: Edward Ross and Race Suicide 10/9/18

October 9, 2018 DoReMI 3

I had strongly considered backing off from difficult topics for awhile, in deference to the difficult past few weeks. But then I saw this tweet by one of my favorite Twitter-follows: Typical behavior of a […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – Chipping Away at the Patriarchy 10/2/18

October 2, 2018 DoReMI 5

Last week was a painful and potent reminder that the forces of patriarchy are still strong and that there will always be men and women who embrace the image and role of the subservient woman; […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – Primary Sources: Mansplaining 1870s Style 9/18/18

September 18, 2018 DoReMI 7

Every once in awhile, my curiosity leads me down obscure rabbit holes; this was one of those weeks. In the course of reading Gail Collins’ book, America’s Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – Rage Becomes Us (h/t Soraya Chemaly) 9/11/18

September 11, 2018 DoReMI 3

Sometimes you realize the reason you have a writing block is because you’re so damn angry. Twitter reminds me that I’m not alone; I remind myself that voting is cathartic and can’t come soon enough. […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – A Belated Labor Day Story 9/4/18

September 4, 2018 DoReMI 1

Throughout the course of Labor Day, we see reminders of what unions have accomplished for all of us; tweets like this are typical: Happy #LaborDay! We’re grateful for all that organized labor has done for […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – The “I” Word 8/28/18

August 28, 2018 DoReMI 4

Today’s post was prompted by two tweets. First, this one: OMG, this is SO great!!!! We republished an excerpt of this on Lawfare recently, but people, read this book. It is short. It is brilliantly […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville: I’ll Take Potpourri for $200, Alex 8/21/18

August 21, 2018 DoReMI 4

Today’s post brought to you by No Time to Read, Weekend Away from Home, and History Made Simple. Fierce

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At the beginning of February, when much of the north appears frozen and lifeless, there are stirrings below the surface and in the sky. The light is returning; today there is nearly an hour more [...]

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The winter solstice “occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. Though the winter solstice lasts only a moment in time, the term is [...]
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Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

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An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator. The latitudes +L [...]
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Summer Sunning!

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Later today, we mark the Summer Solstice. Astronomically, it looks like this: The Summer Solstice occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is most inclined towards the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. The [...]

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